For Rep. Mark Miloscia, levying an 18 ½ percent sales tax against the porn industry seemed like an easy way to save a program for the poor and disabled from getting axed by the state. But the reaction from the public was swift and severe. Opponents — some of whom claimed the tax would violate constitutional rights and destroy their sex lives — jammed Miloscia's phone lines for hours before he finally ordered his staff to shut off the phones.
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Seattle Times
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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